Sasquatch Watch© Sighting Report

# 1

Florida Skunk Ape Sighting
Oct 20, 1997
Golden Gate Estates Naples FL Collier County

At 2 AM my brother saw a Florida Swamp Ape or Skunk Ape cross our
front yard. He said he was going to sleep and the first thing that hit him was
the smell. Like rotten eggs, dung, etc., and the local dogs started whining and
barking. So he got up to take look out side, and saw a huge creature, about 7 feet tall walking out of the brush at the side of the house and across the front yard. It stood completely upright and walked very quickly straight ahead with one foot in front of the other, not the way a black bear might shuffle.

It crossed the road in front of the house and headed into the woods across the street.
He got a good look at it as the moon was very bright at the time.

My brother told me about it the next day and so after work on Monday we went and checked out the front yard. There were some very clear prints in the front yard. They were approximately
12" long, fairly narrow and straight with quite spread out toes.

The next day the neighbor was missing her horses grain from her stall, we speculated that it may have been hungry and ate the grain.

After doing a little research on the Net during that week I found out that there have been at least 5 other sightings in Collier County FL this past summer.

They seem to be peaceful creatures and deserve to be left in peace.


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